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FALL 2017 / 5
A fresh look
From new furniture for New Men’s to a farm-to-fork approach to
dining, there’s a lot of renovation and rejuvenation happening on the
Hilltop. Here are some highlights:
• BSC hired a new provider this summer to run all dining areas. Bon
Appétit, a California-based industry pioneer, has built a reputation on
offering fresh, made-from-scratch, local, sustainable food. The new
executive chef will be sourcing about 20 percent of ingredients from small
farms located within 150 miles of Birmingham, and there’s a new focus
on healthy and varied options, as well as a facelift coming for the Café.
• Ricoh USA is now providing printing and postal services to the
campus, including employee printing and publishing and a new
mailbox system for students. Starting this fall, “Panther Print & Post”
will offer a full-service print and mail center on the ground oor of the
Norton Campus Center.
• BSC was also busy with renovations to the residence halls this
summer. In Margaret Daniel Residence Hall, bathrooms on each oor
were renovated and the building received a fresh coat of paint inside
and new common room furniture. In New Men’s Residence Hall, the
original, built-in furniture was removed and replaced with new modular
furniture that provides exibility for residents to con gure their
rooms; there are also new tile oors in the bedrooms and fresh paint
throughout the buildings.
• Thanks to contributions from this year’s graduating class and the
Student Government Association, a new deck and landscaping have been
installed on the residential quad.
Before (above) and after renovations (below)
watchword
“Even if you study hard, then don’t sleep,
you’re pouring water into a leaky cup.
You can spend all the time you want
taking in the information, but without
sleep it simply slips away. This is not just
theoretical. There are several studies that
link missed sleep to bad grades during
finals. The worst grades tend to come
when students report having stayed up
all night before the exam, regardless of
prior achievement.”
— Dr. Joseph Chandler ‘03, assistant
professor of psychology
USA Today College
, “Three reasons why
you shouldn’t pull that all-nighter ahead
of your final”
Dr. Bradley Caskey
joined the campus
as provost and vice
president for academic
affairs in July.
Caskey, who was
previously dean of the
College of Arts and
Sciences at the University
of Wisconsin-River Falls,
has had a career in
academia spanning more than three decades. As
dean, he oversaw 16 academic departments and
interdisciplinary programs that included 2,200
students and more than 200 faculty and staff.
Under his leadership, the school developed new
academic programs and majors; built a program
for students whose primary language is not English;
introduced a new first-year course emphasizing
key skills often associated with the liberal arts (e.g.,
information literacy, constructive teamwork); and
increased the number of first-year students; among
other accomplishments. He also helped the College
of Arts and Sciences secure and steward its first
$1-million non-estate gift.
Caskey graduated from UW-River Falls with a
double major in psychology and secondary education.
He earned a master’s and Ph.D. in developmental
psychology at Purdue University. He looks forward to
providing collaborative leadership to strengthen and
expand the life-changing educational experiences
synonymous with BSC.
BSC welcomes new provost